The Health Department says two batches of mosquitoes tested positive for West Nile virus, but no human cases have been reported.

Tammi Hanowskirsquo's yard is carpeted in forest tent caterpillars.

As many people resident in Finland already know, May was an exceptionally cold month. According to the Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI, the last time May daytime temperatures were this low was in 1969.

Winter tick has been found in over 50 percent of the mule deer examined by wildlife officials in the Whitehorse area and is also found on moose, caribou, and elk in the Yukon

Unknown butterfly observed in southwest Alaska.

More than 300 wild reindeer have been killed by lightning in central Norway.

Dead whale with interesting dolphin-like face.

Researchers are finding ticks in Alaska that haven't historically been here. Some hitchhiked from the Lower 48—but others seem to have settled in.

Getting bigger each sighting.

Wet causes unusual growth.

Dead sea lion found in boat harbor, cause of death unknown.

An abundant harvest of various berries this year.

Some unusually high waves hit Grise Fiord, Nunavut, early Saturday morning, damaging the community's shoreline, part of a road and the community freezer.

“The exact reasons why the return fell at the lower end of the forecast range are unknown at this time, but poorer than average marine survival is a leading candidate.”

Visits Port of Nome before voyage through Northwest Passage.

A problem for outboards.

Residents puzzled about origins of underground fire.